Let us introduce ourselves

But how did the path begin and who were the founders? Our grandfather Josef Juffinger is much talked about in our family. Very often we go to the reservoir which he has built for his electricity work and very often we look at the picture where he sits in the parlour with his brother and holds the violin his hand. This is our favourite picture of him.

His wife Maria Juffinger is remembered through the cups which can only hold one single scoop of wild strawberry ice-cream and the maple tree in front of the hotel that she has planted. Both of them were the founders of the sawmill, a power plant, a farm, an inn and a ski lift. When we talk about start-ups today, we think of our grandparents. They have connected the opening of the Juffing inn with many future hopes for their children and the village of Hinterthiersee. 

The laborious development and growth phase was in the hands of Annemarie and Siegi Juffinger. They invested the main chunk of life work and lifetime in the hotel. They were young, talented and courageous. Not everything went like clockwork and there were many ups and downs. But very late in their lives they could finally rest. 

We love and live the hotel

Our point is not to tell heroic stories. We rather want to give a short glance into a world without crossing the borders of the generations before us. They cannot defend themselves and have to endure with patience what we write about them. We never do justice to them and their life. The concept of a happy ending probably doesn't fit any family. In the end it is about the power to believe in a project and to get a key which unlocks doors that nobody else knows. The door must always be opened by oneself alone. But at least you know how the door opens. 

This picture shows us as a family after an exhausting Sunday at work.